Congratulations on the new Subaru. I was planning on buying a new 2013 Subaru Forester, but when I found out the 2014 model (totally redesigned), will be out this March, I decided to wait. I am still a little hesitant about the new Forester CVT in the 14's, but I'm still planning on the purchase.

I got the Premium, in white. I have about 50 miles on the car, had to work today, but tomorrow will drive it like it was done in the commercials. Ok, maybe not.
Six speed manual, btw.
My 130 lb dog didn't want to get in at first, it was not his car, which is the 02 Cvic Si hatch. Believe it or not, interior room is comparable. The front area is the about the same, the back seat has zero leg room, but the seat are big enough for him, but i will have to do something about the rear drive hump between the seats (cover seat, and put foam under each side) or get him to like it with the back seats down. His fav thing to do is to hang his head out the window from the front seat anyway, and he knows how to put counter pressure on the sides of the car with his body when he feels me whip it through turns.

It really handles excellently. I now know what all the accolades are about. The fuel trip meter is trippy1 i can go from 117mpg to 5.1 mpg really fast.. I don't understand the navigation/radio/etc, nor the traction control settings yet, but I have not really read much in the manual.

Ok, just did a little ride through a 30 mile loop in the local little mountains/forest, that I do on my Hawk all the time. I know every nuance.

Wow. I can see myself selling my moto. Really. This is fun. I had the traction control on, the car corners flat, I could feel with a little less assistance I could break the rear loose and oversteer around a corner. I won't play with that till I know the car. That said, all the reviews say it is buzzy, but coming from a 10 year old Civic it is quiet as a vault.:loll

I kept the radio off, the sound going through the gears is exhilarating. I drove mostly in third, fourth, fifth, occasionally second in a few tight uphill bends. Cars would disappear behind me, not because I was going that fast, but because I was not slowing down for the turns, barely touching the brakes, downshifting, and onward. No body roll. I am hooked.
I took some pics, but have to go back to work will post them later.

I have not had a rear wheel drive car since my first, a 69 Camaro. It is funny, how all the years of front drive dynamics, getting used to this car took one long drive. Last night I was doubting my purchase, not today.